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Campus mixed use, what a great idea. I bet those suites will be in high demand.

An update on the building at the corner of McMillan and W Clifton. A sign in the window declares that the remodelling is for an Arby's restaurant. :mrgreen:

To avoid congestion at the Levee, just park in the Sawyer Point parking lot and walk across the Purple People Bridge. The parking is only $2, and you get a little exercise.

I like the tunnel of vines shot from Mt. Adams.

There is already a deficit of downtown apartments. When the Power Building goes condo (which is fantastic, IMO), there will be even more of a gap. It's time for more downtown apartments!

UC surrounded by smart new buildings Hive of construction changing urban area By Joe Wessels Enquirer contributor Several construction projects near the University of Cincinnati's Clifton Heights campus are changing the familiar face of the area. Where before were fast-food restaurants with half-empty parking lots is now rising a residential and shopping haven, said Dan Deering, executive director of the Clifton Heights Community Urban Redevelopment Corp. Twelve percent of houses in the area are owner-occupied now. Deering said the 8-year-old project will raise that to 21 percent and become a catalyst for more people to move into the neighborhood. "One of the statistics we found from coast to coast was the higher the owner occupancy in a city, the less crime there was and the less resources needed for policing," Deering said. Jeanne Golliher, director of the Cincinnati Development Fund, said making the area vibrant and taking care of it will make it more attractive to prospective UC students and their parents. "It's becoming more and more difficult to attract students," said Golliher, whose group has given money to redevelopment groups for many of the projects in the area. "It's harder if your campus is in an area with boarded-up buildings and crime. It's exciting to see what it can be." Read full article here: http://news.enquirer.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050820/BIZ01/508200320

I think the new school will be great for that part of the neighborhood. I just wish they could stop short of razing those 8 buildings on Walnut, though. That will be a major hit to the historic appearance of the street. Sure, there's a lot of loitering and god knows what else going on in and around those buildings now, but it's pretty short-sighted to just tear them down. Much of the area between Vine and Walnut, between 14th and Mercer, for example, has been cleared in years past, and the buildings that remain are in pretty bad shape and already divorced from their historic context (see the above pictures). Why not build the school in a footprint like this (outlined in red)?

I can see both sides of the argument. We need to be mindful not to lose the forest (neighborhood or city-wide patterns of gang activity) for the trees (individual arrests). Whether that requires a dedicated gang unit or not, I don't know.

It's some kind of county juvenile detention facility, I think.

I really get a kick out of these kinds of stories. They are so predictable. Start with farmland and a country road -> a few subdivisions with country feel off a country road -> lots of subdivisions that overcrowd the country road -> city wants to widen road to accommodate increased traffic -> bitch, bitch, bitch "I moved here for the fresh air, etc." -> road gets widened; by now the entire area is developed -> people start moving into new farmland. I have no sympathy for these NIMBYs, especially when the problem can be avoided by living in a neighborhood where the infrastructure is already adequate.

It's a bad, bad idea to write spending caps into the Constitution. In addition to the heinous problems describe in the article, you never know what's going to happen in the future and this would cripple the state's ability to deal with whatever may arise.

These are things I have known and taken for granted about light rail for years. I've used rail transit systems in seven or eight North American and about as many European cities (and I haven't even been to NYC). These systems form an integral part of a city's transportation system and areas surrounding major stops/stations hum with activity. The benefits becomey obvious after riding only a couple times. What gets me is that so many people in the midwest just don't understand this. I guess the main reason they don't get it is because they haven't used rail transit before. So I agree with Tarbell, we just need that one starter line and attitudes will change. It's happening in Minneapolis as we speak. I once saw this brief comparison of U.S. cities: Cities with existing or planned rail transit: Every city larger than Cincinnati, and many smaller ones* Cities without existing or planned rail transit: Cincinnati and some smaller ones *Counting Detroit's People Mover

This is ridiculous. Of course, we all know that the county is going to propose building the jail at Broadway Commons. Since this is a bad idea (see Nick Spencer quotes below), we need a mayor that will oppose it!! Also, if the new jail is meant to replace a jail in Queensgate, an industrial area, I don't see why they can't just build another jail in Queensgate. Winburn: Build new jail downtown By Kevin Osborne Post staff reporter In one of the first policy proposals of his campaign, Republican mayoral candidate Charlie Winburn says the city of Cincinnati should support building a new jail at downtown's Broadway Commons site. Click on link for article.

^Why not both! An I-71 route could connect Kings Island, Mason/Deerfield, Blue Ash, Kenwood Mall, Rookwood, Xavier, U.C., etc. to each other as well as Downtown and N.Ky.

I would love to see the inside of that house!

Nice website. I didn't know the Port Authority owned the building.

Looks like Over-the-Rhine!

At Taste of Cincinnati, Dewey's charged $2 for "basic" slices like Cheese and Pepperoni, and $3 for the gourmet stuff with artichoke, pesto, goat cheese, etc. I think the slice bar idea could work. Overall, a great article.

Ahh, Belgium... Good article. Just the tip of the iceberg on the topic, though.

They just had to get that last sentence in there, didn't they.

What a great, unique house! You'll have to have an open house when it's finished!

Growth is only good for the region when it's actual growth. When it's redistribution, then it's not good. Unless you think vacant buildings and expensive duplicative public services are good. It's been called "leapfrogging" in other parts of the country, and it's really just starting to ramp up around here.

"Ronald Reagan Voice of Freedom Park"? Good lord. This renaming is dumb on multiple levels. First, why the need to name a park after a politician, or even any person at all when you've got a perfectly good historical name already on the sign? OK, so you're going to name it after a person. The best you could come up with is Reagan? Sheesh. But then again, maybe it's fitting since the place looks like a monkey's ass compared to Cincinnati's beautiful hilltop parks.

Crime and the perception of crime are two different concepts. To many people, "crime" is a euphemism for other concerns.

Yeah, the condos will back right up to the ramp. If you look at the facade in place on the condo side, you can also see the eventual height of the condos too.